Hope next time chase does something like that again, the players just leather him good and proper. Not condoning foul play but love it if he ended up on the end of a good old style les Boyd special.

He'd be safe against Hudds then, they don't have a fight in them.

[iSummary of Player's submissions on the Charge / evidence

Player accompanied by Head Coach Iestyn Harris and CEO Martin Vickers. Player pleads not guilty. Players are coached to turn players so their heads are facing back towards their own posts. In this instance difficult for player to know where to go in. Team mates were expected to take opponent the other way unfortunately player goes other way to what was expected. Has to get opponent to floor to prevent off load. Player goes in and makes contact with opponents hamstring and not his knee. Point of contact not cause of injury it was twisting motion by other involved players. Player is friend of opponent and enquired about his wellbeing after the match. No malice in the tackle. Officials could have called held earlier. [/i

Utter rubbish from Chase, Harris and Vickers.

"There’s a few words I know that get bandied about to describe those type of tackles. The teams that employ those type of tactics talk about malice or toughness, or butchering is another phrase I’ve heard."

I wonder who he's talking about?

It's definitely no Wakefield

Indeed, spot on.

Bit concerned about Childs missing a couple of bannable offences resulting in serious injury the last few weeks - are refs held to account for missing serious foul play in the games they officiate or dot hey just say "I didn't see it sir", then get another game to ref the next week?

and he gets "rewarded" by having huddersfield-st helens!
absolute joke! 9 matches between them and Child didn't see either offence...


as for the case for the defence-laughable, so it wasn't Rangi's fault it was ferres' for falling the wrong way?

How you drew that from what's been posted, about the defence, on the RFL site I have no idea.

Nope, that's how I read it as well. Seem to think chase is blameless

The ref in the Leeds v Wakey game missed a blatant high tackle by Scruton. The ref was adamant it was below the head, indicating the shoulder.

Scruton just got a 1 match ban for it.

There are 2 issues with these "missed" incidents. Firstly the referees themselves.

Why are they missing so many incidents? Is the game too fast for 1 ref or are the refs not trained well enough, not experienced enough and not led well enough to see them? Or are they seeing them but scared/nervous/unwilling to make a big call ie a sending off?


The second issue is that the teams who have to suffer/withstand the offence aren't getting any benefit from the punishment.
Leeds are getting the benefit from Chase's punishment, not Huddersfield.
Obviously I'd prefer these issues to be dealt with at the time but should punishments be served against the team the offence was perpetrated upon? So say Chase is banned for 7 games should maybe 1 or 2 of those games be deferred until Chase plays Huddersfield again?
I'd also say that suspensions should take account of which competition they're committed in. ie Cup or League.


Don't forget it was the ref's fault for not calling held! Poor little Rangi keeps getting picked on! He's not a bad lad, he's a lovable rogue!

The Chase tackle brilliantly summed-up here by YEP's Dave Craven :- www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/ru ... -1-7204537

The Chase tackle brilliantly summed-up here by YEP's Dave Craven :- www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/ru ... -1-7204537

can't argue with anything on that piece, it wasn't a challenge it was an attack, it wasn't a dangerous throw it was a cynical attempt to injure an opponent.

The fact ferres knows chase very well and was reluctant to accept his apology says a lot.

That's a good summary by Craven - and much like the Ropati attack, Chase will be back on the field long before his latest victim; that might be within the rules, but doesn't feel like natural justice.

The way he circled his old mate Brett in search of an opportunity to damage him was... sinister. He's occasionally a brilliant talent, but he's also a horrible little turd.

The ref and VR are connected via headsets are they not? Is the solution not simple? Is it not starring us in the face?

VR "Ooh, that was high"
Ref "Thanks" blows whistle!